Weather-strip.



No.8 84,251. V J .iATENTED APR.7, 1908.

W.WOLPABTH.

WEATHER STRIP. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1907.

/ ZNVENITORI O Q W777 I I /I A/zorueyj WILLIAM WOLFARTH, OF MANSFIELD,OHIO.

WEATHER- STRIP.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed September 6, 1907. Serial No. 391,628.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WOLFARTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in weather stripsand more particularly to that class adapted to be used in connectionwith frame buildings and my object is to provide means for preventingwater, snow or Wind from entering between the siding or weather boardingand window and door casings or the usual form of strips at the cornersof the building.

A further object is to so construct the strip that it may be readily andquickly applied to use.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyin drawings which are made a part of this app ication,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of weather boarding, showingmy improved Weather strip applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view asseen on line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the weatherstrip, as seen on line 33, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the sidingas commonly used in constructing frame buildings and, in this instance,I have employed what is known as drop siding, a portion of that edge ofthe siding containing the tongue 2 being cut away, and, thereby, forminga channel 3, the object in providing said channel being to prevent thewater from entering the joints between the strips of siding.

When the facing board 4 of a Window or door frame is placed in positionover the siding, rain, snow or the like will readily enter the channels3 below the facing board, and, cause the frame to decay and the windwill also enter said channels and pass to the interior of the buildingand to obviate these objectionable features, I have provided my improvedform of weather strip 5, which consists of a flat strip of metal,preferable of tin,

so that said strip of metal may be placed between the siding and thefacing boards without in any manner affecting the placing of the facingboard in position and in order to prevent air, water, or the like, frompassing through the channels 3, a wing 6 is struck from the body of thestrip of metal and eX- tended at right angles thereto, one edge of saidwing being integral with the strip when the Win is extended at rightangles to the strip and by forming the severed edges of the Wing tocorrespond to the contour of the channels, said wings, when the strip isproperly secured to the siding, will completely close the channels andprevent the wind, or the like, from passing therethroughi Siding of thisclass is manufactured in standard sizes, so that the channels willalways be at an equal distance apart and by correspondingly locating thewings 6, the strips may be manufactured in lengths and afterwards cut tosuit the occasion and in applying the stri to use, the wings are placedin the channe s and the strips secured to the siding in any preferredmanner, as by enteri nails 7, through the strips and into the siding,afterwhich the facing boards may be secured in position over the weatherstrips.

While I have shown the strip as employed in connection with drop siding,it will be readily understood that said strip may be used in connectionwith any form of siding, in which instance, the wing 6 is formed to fitthe channel or offset formed by the siding.

It will further be seen that the weather strip may be very cheaplyconstructed, from the fact that the same can be manufactured in lengthsand afterwards shortened to correspond to the frame with which it isbeing used.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with siding having channels therein and a facingboard, adapted to fit over portions of said siding; of a strip of metaladapted to be disposed between said siding and facing board and means onthe strip adapted to close said channels and prevent the passage of air,or the like, therethrough. v

2. The combination with siding of I the class described, having offsets,or channels therein and facing boards adapted to extend over portions ofsaid siding; of a weather strip, disposed between said siding and facingboards and wings on said strip, adapted to close said channels, or spaceformed by the offset, whereby air, or the, like, will be prechannelswill be closed between the siding vented from passing between the sidingand and facing boards. facing board. In testimony whereof I have signedmy 3. The combination with siding, having name to this specification inthe presence of 5 channelsdtherein and facigg bcaardcs1 adapted twosubscribing witnesses.

to exten over ortions o sai si ing; of a 7 metallic strip be tween saidsiding and facing WILLIAM Vl OLFARTH' board and wings formed by strikingdown Witnesses: portions of said strip and directing said wings L. I.MENGERT, 10 at right angles to the strip, whereby said B. J. KUHN.

